Year |
Name |
Owner |
|
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1896 | Mantinea | W. Thomson & Co. | |
1909 | Onesta | Beraldo & Devoto |
The steamship Onesta was torpedoed and sunk by the German submarine UC-63 (Karsten von Heydebreck), near the Inner Dowsing Light Vessel, on August 7th, 1917. The ship was on a voyage from Newcastle to Genoa with a cargo of coal.
West Hartlepool-born Albert Ernest Kennedy, a Deep Sea Pilot, was lost.
In this section you will find information, photographs and stories relating to more than 260 Hartlepool seamen who lost their lives during during the First World War, and of the ships they served on.
To find a particular crewman, simply type his Surname in the Search Box at the top of the page.